Kirk Caldwell is going to be the next Mayor of Honolulu after he beat former Governor Ben Cayetano with 53.9 percent of the popular vote. This is being hailed as a great victory for the supporters of the Honolulu Rail Project as Caldwell has opened supported the $5.26 billion endeavor and Cayetano has aggressively opposed it. Caldwell told his supporters, ”I want to let everyone know that we’re going to work together to move this city and this county forward. You have my total commitment, total commitment, to work hard every single day, 24/7 on all the issues.”
Ben Cayetano believed his loss was due to negative campaigning caused by special interest groups like the Pacific Resource Partnership. Cayetano stated, ”I thought if the issues were discussed fairly, openly in a debate, that we would win this election. Never in my wildest dreams did I even contemplate that an organization like PRP (Pacific Resource Partnership), whose members are anonymous, would come out and spend $3 million to attack me.”. Cayetano has sued the PRP for character defamation and noted that their advertisements are false and defamatory.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 11-7-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
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Global Executive Realty, LLC
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